Celebrate ministry;
Celebrate community;
Celebrate Good Shepherd in Memorial Hall following each worship service this Sunday. We will kick-off our new program year. You’ll learn about all the ways we are celebrating God’s love throughout life together. Representatives from various ministries will be available to answer questions and help you get involved. You can also pick up your new Parish Directory and enjoy some breakfast while you’re there.
Celebrate ministry; celebrate community; celebrate Good Shepherd at the Parish Fair! Join us Sunday, September 11 in Memorial Hall following each worship service to celebrate and kick-off our new program year. You’ll learn about all the ways we are celebrating God’s love through out life together. Representatives from various ministries will be available to answer questions and help you get involved. You can also pick up your new Parish Directory and enjoy some breakfast while you’re there. If you have questions, or to be sure your ministry has a table, contact Carrie Short, catshort@cox.net or 489-3032.
Gluten Free Wafers are now available. If you would prefer to receive gluten free wafers, please let us know.
September 11th
Fall Schedule Begins:
We welcome The Rev. Andie Rohrs back with us at worship on Sunday, August 21 and Sunday, August 28. We are delighted to have her and hope you will give her a warm welcome. We are also happy to have Peggy Troyer at the piano and organ again this Sunday. We are so grateful for her musical gifts and for her presence at Sunday worship.
This fall Good Shepherd will publish a scrapbook/directory that will include contact information and PHOTOS! Won’t it be awesome to place names with faces and get to know each other better?
We’d like help in obtaining photos of you and your family.
There are three photo options. If you/your family looks the same and you want us to use the portrait from the 2009 directory, you need do nothing.
OPTION 1
If you have a more recent portrait, photo, or snapshot that you want us to use, we can do that, too. Photos may be formal or informal. Those in digital format may be emailed to Diana.smelt@goodshepherdnorfolk.org.
OPTION 2
Prints may also be placed in an envelope and dropped off or mailed to the church office c/o Diana Smelt, Photo Directory. Please include names of all in the photo and your return address if you want the photo back.
OPTION 3
If you cannot supply your own photo and would like an update, please sign up on Photo Sign Up across from Memorial Hall and indicate the Sunday in August you will be available after church for a quick photo shoot.
The Rev. Andie Rohrs is a graduate of Yale and Berkeley Divinity Schools. Until moving to Norfolk in 2009, she served as the Chaplain at Saint Mary’s School, an all girls Episcopal boarding and day school in Raleigh, NC. She is married to The Rev. John Rohrs, and they have a three year old daughter and twin baby boys.
Have you signed up yet for a “Listening Session?” We need to hear your hopes and dreams for Good Shepherd! Please sign up in the Narthex or call the Church Office to sign up for a Listening Session. If you cannot come to a session, call B.J. Taylor in the office and we’ll talk with you by phone or come to you!
Dear Friends and Members of the Church of the Good Shepherd,
Our parish has its hands full. We have a deep devotion to outreach, forming links with people and Churches far and near. We have foreign commitments to Belize, Haiti, and Malawi. We have commitments to our local area particularly with the Mission of the Holy Spirit and a variety of local programs. We also are in the fellowship of our own Diocese. We have much work to do on the parish level. We are just beginning a long range planning process in which we call for a recommitment from everyone to work, pray, give, and grow for the spread of God’s Kingdom. Included in that will be our struggles with supporting our parish, its structures, staff and programs so we can continue in all our ministries.
Deeply ingrained in our parish ministry is the Vestry’s statement of “What We Practice as Members of Good Shepherd.
During a recent parish trip to Africa, I was much impressed with the leadership of the Vestry of St. Matthew’s Church Embangweni, Malawi. Adrian, Lottie, Zwengie, and Blandina are exemplary Church leaders on any continent and for any parish. We have similar leaders here with Sue, David, Diana, Frank, Woody, Sue, Tom, Bob, Rachel, Mary, Pat, and Taylor, not to forget Connie and Lang.
My hope is that in the not too distant future we all join with the Vestry to ponder anew not only what the Almighty can do, but also what we might do and be. How might we Work, Pray, Give and Grow for the spread of God’s Kingdom right here at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.
Please make every effort to join us for one of the Long Range Planning Sessions to ponder the Dream of God for this wonderful parish.
Faithfully,
Robert
Tuesday, July 12 5:30—7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 27 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
FOR THE TWO SESSIONS AT THE CHURCH, CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED. PLEASE LET THE OFFICE KNOW BY THE SIGN-UP SHEET OR BY NOON ON MONDAY, JULY 11 IF YOU NEED CHILDCARE.
Lynn Cobb
Sunday, July 31
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
John and Caroline Meek
Friday, July 22
Time To be announced by next week
What a fantastic first half of 2011 for The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd! On behalf of our entire Parish, I wanted to thank you again for your generous support which includes Outreach and Parishioner financial support for Haiti, Malawi, and the Early Childhood Project, a youth trip to Wintergreen, the Parish Retreat on the Outer Banks, and the parish picnic.
Our Church Staff, Vestry, and countless volunteers have been working very hard to lead our wonderful Parish so that all members and guests can live our mission, “To Know Christ and To Make Him Known With Joy, Faith, and Service.”
As we move into the summer months, I would like to send a friendly reminder to continue making your weekly or monthly pledge payments. Traditionally, with folks going out of town and enjoying vacation, our collections dwindle during June, July, and August. Our regular obligations to operate the parish, cover valued personnel salaries, and fund our mission continue while many of us enjoy summer break.
Keeping this in mind, please remember to send in your pledges regularly during summer months so that our church coffers are sufficient to support summer activities.
Wishing you all a glorious and wonderful summer vacation.
Kind regards and at your service,
Lang Williams, Treasurer
The Episcopal Church
of the Good Shepherd
7400 Hampton Boulevard
Norfolk, VA 23505
Phone: 757-423-3230
Fax: 757-423-6147
Office Hours: M-F 8am-4pm
